I was 8 years old in 1975 when the Chuck Jones TV special, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi aired - and I've loved it ever since. The story, based on a section of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, tells the tale of a fearless mongoose - Rikki-Tikki-Tavi - and his epic battle against two of India's meanest cobras - Nag and Nagaina.
So ever since 1975, any time I hear a story about snake infestaions, I alway think to myself "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi could take care of that!" This was the exact reaction I had today when I read about this house (above) in Idaho which is infested with THOUSANDS of snakes!
Gross! But TRUST - Rikki could totally handle that mess. Check him out in the orignal 1975 animated story I fell in love with as a child:
